Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business
in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and
volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game.
A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific
Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and
three grandchildren.

“Who or what are the
seven churches of Revelation? Are they still in the world today? Were
the seven churches in Asia Minor real churches or do they represent a
type of church (i.e.: Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, etc.)? Laura J.
Davis asks in her book, He Who Has an Ear: Who the Seven Churches of
Revelation are Today.

This one hundred and
seventy-eight page paperback targets Christians or others interested
in the seven churches discussed in the Bible in Revelation Chapters
Two and Three. Using mainly the New International Version of the
Bible, the King James is also quoted. After a dedication,
acknowledgements, and introduction, thirteen chapters discuss the
topic, ending with a bibliography and references. With only a small
author biography on the back of the book, the author’s Biblical
background and education is not stated.

Beginning the book
explaining the Hebrew and Greek meaning of angels and their purpose,
the author believes those mentioned being of the seven churches could
be elders, not bishops and explains the differences between the two.

The next seven chapters
dissect each of the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Breaking down each into
bullet points based on Scriptures, the author explains they are
loveless, persecuted, compromised, corrupted, dead, faithful, and
lukewarm.

In some of these chapters
she goes into further details, explaining history, mythology, and
religions of the times, as well as the hidden manna, white stone,
rapture, and millennium portrayed in Revelation.

After chapters about the
attributes of Jesus and an admonition to examine which church-type
the reader is, there is a lengthy chapter naming current day false
prophets such as Olsteen, the Word of Faith Movement, and the
Emerging/Emergent Church. The ending reminds readers to focus on
their first love and plunge deeper into God’s Word instead of the
world that superficially encompasses our lives.

Supporting most of the
writer’s views, this reader respectfully disagrees with two issues
in the book: a post-tribulation rapture and that those who “don’t
like the new church Bibles because they aren’t KJV” are bitter,
lukewarm Christians.

With many of today’s
churches and its members being so easily swayed by incorrect
doctrine, legalism, or cult beliefs, believers do need to be aware,
research, and question their churches to find the Truth about God,
Jesus, and eternity.

This book was furnished by
The Book Club Network, Inc. in exchange for a review based on the
reader’s honest opinion.